Automatic tatting apparatus



'UNITED STATES'PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE E. FBAZIEIMOF CLEVER, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALFV TO SCHYLER C,

- COBB, OF CLEVER, MISSOURI.

This invention relatesto a object to provide an apparatus ofthis character which worksV very rapidly and accurately.

Another object is to provide an apparatl'ls 0i' this character which is capable o working any design.

Another objectoi' the inventionis to pro-` vide an apparatus of this character soarranged that the only operation the hands of the user lperforms is that of holding the completed work andapplying the thread to the apparatus.

A still further object of the invention is to provide. an apparatus ofy this character, the greater vportion of y,which can be stamped from sheet metal.

Another object is to provide a method of tatting which `is simple, rapid, accurate, and whereby a .complicated design may worked with rapidityby an inexperienced person. .f

VWith.thesefand other objects in view the invention consists in the improved construction and arrangement of parts 'to be hereinafter- Amore particularlyY described, :fully claimedjand` illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which: f

Figure 1 is a perspel tive view of a tatting apparatus constructedl in accordance with an embodiment of my invention, and showing the position ofthe thread before being placed on to the bobbin, 1

' Fig. 2 is a sideelevation and Asectional view, v j y Fig. 3 is a section taken on the line 3-3 OfFg'Qv. i' Fig. 4.- is a section taken on the line 4 4 of Fig. 2. y

Beferrmgto the drawings, 5 designates the apparatus, the main portionof which consists of `a single length ofv material havingits end portion 6 bowed toprovide a handle. The .intermediate portion of the length includes .a pair of opposltely extendspeciscation of Letters Patent.

tatting app-A ratus and method oi' tatting and has for its' Patented Ang. 24, 1920.

Application led March 13, 1920. Serial No. 365,623.

ing ears'7, which are extended upwardly in right angular relationl to the length. The end portion 8 of the length is enlarged, the enlarged portions being extended toward each other and terminating in spaced relation to provide a bobbin holder 9. The length of material is bent adjacent the ears 7 so thatthe bobbin holder 9 extends substantially parallel to the handle 6. Projectmg from the end 9 of the length isa lug 10, which is extended kin angular relation to the length to serve as a support.

The extremity of the handle 6 is curled upon itself'to provide a bearing 11 in which the intermediateportion of a length of wire 12 is disposed, the end portion of the wire being extended. upwardly Vand passed through the ears 7. This wire, not only permits the handle to be adjusted to accommo- 'date the hand'of the user but its ends also perform an additional function to be hereinafter described. A loop forming and guide'. member 13 is provided, `and consists o fa length of'material including ears Madjacent its end 15. The ears 14, are pivotally mounted on the ends of the wire 12, between the ears7. In View of this the end 16 of the guide member 13 is overbalanced so that it will engage the upper portion of the handle 6 andhold the guidemember 13 normally in [a horizontal position,v the end 15 of said member projecting over one end of the bobbin holder 9. It will be noted'that the upper end 17 of the bobbin' holder is cut away, the apparatus inclining' from the ears 'Ito the bobbin holder. A bobbin 18 having transversely concaved sides, and an'endless deep groove is disjmsedA between said sides and ends. The bobbin 18 is intended to be disposed withinthe bobbin holder in spaced relation thereto, to permit the passage of a thread between the bobbin and the bobbin holder. vThe bobbin is supported by the lug 10 andhas its ends projecting beyond the ends ofthe bobbin holder.

` The operation of this novel apparatus, is very' 'simple'.V `Itconsists of winding thread on the bobbin 18, `placing the bobbin in the bobbin holder with one end of the thread projecting downwardly. Thesecond, third fand fourth ngers.of the left hand of the user are passed through the handle portion formed by the 'portion 6 and wire 12. A thread from an independent spool or source 19 has itsend held together with-the end of Which is necessary in the Vold methodof tatthe thread of the bobbin by means ofthe lirst'a'nd" ilth fingers ofthe left hand.' A`

strand of thread from the spool `19 is then passed over the end l5 of ythe member V13 so as to form a loop. The user thenY exerts pressure on the end by means .of the `thread causing theendl to swing down-Q Wa'rdly into engagementwith the end of the bobbin 18. By continuing the movement of the. thread downwardly `the `loop y is caused topass overthe bobbin `between the bobbin and the kbobbin 'holder with a portion of the thread passing through the slotformed. in,A :y the bobbin holder, and thenon to the thread ofl the bobbin. The direction ofapplication of thread to the loop 'forming and guide member-..13 may alternate to produce the. designjdesired. i Y -Y Y This apparatus eliminates the tiresome method of .constantly moving Vvthe i Wrist,

ting.t Allthje operator has to do with this apparatus isto hold the ends of'vthe threads ik andsupply.,thefthread toloopthe forming andvguide vmember. The apparatus does. the restand performs the Work,accuratelyre gardless. of the rapidity with whichit. may bev operated. Notwithstanding .these im-I portant features the apparatus is capable Voi.

ybeing formed from asmallquantity of, sheet metal. e 'F rom the foregoing itwvill be. readily seen that this invention4 revolutioni-zes ltatting to render thel same more simple so that an inexperienced person may produce a complicateddesign With speed and accuracy.' cThe apparatus itselfnot onlyrendersthe Work more pleasant, but simplifiesthe method of tatting Vand as the bobbin.v holder .and'bobbin are stationary `With respect'to Vthe handle portion and hand oi theuser supporting the apparatus ,vthe possibilityof a mistake` in thel design,y of the Work is eliminated. lFurthermore, as v previously stated all.' the* `user 3'.. An V,apparatus .of .66

.has-toy do is;to hold the bobbinholder and;

the ends"of the threads, rnd supply thread tothe loop `forming member. 1

.1 rAs a1 i.jarticle of manufacture, anfapparatus. of `the character describedfcom-l prising, a bobbin holderhaving a'slotin one of its lWallsand means at one. end for supportingA a. bobbin, the,walls .of fsaid holder @pfloosely embracing the. bobbin,f'whereby a loop of vthread; may be passed over thebobbin'through the lholder vand drawn from be-` neath the, bobbin and ,beyond the l holder.

v 12.Anuapparatusof Ithe cha-racterffdef scribed comprising af-fbobbin,holder,.a .bobf

bin carried bythe holder, andla loopfformf ing-guideV member carried byv said holder, said member being'= movableV into and out of engagement AWith thebfobbin.v f y the rharacterfde# scribed comprising a bobbin hQldeI'; fh'red carrying bobbin carried by the holder, and loop forming guide kmeans carried by the holder, whereby .a loop may be formed on said loop forming guide means from a supply 'of thread independently of the thread of 70 the bobbin and may be guided on to the bobbin, lsaid=.bobbin acting to guidev the loop of thread Von to thethread from the bobbin to encircle the same;

4. In apparatus of the character described'v comprising' a bobbin holder, a thread carrying ribbon therein,` and loop guiding means carried'by the holder and cooperating Wifththe bobbin to guide a loop ofthread on and around one end of the bobbin, saidibob- 8o bin acting to guide'thel loop ot'thread throughthe holder onto and around the thread Afrom the bobbin.

5. An. apparatus' o the character. de-

'.scribed'comprisingla bobbin holder, a thread 85 carrying bobbin therein,Y and loop guiding means 'carried by theJ holder, said means being larger than the bobbin and movable'to embrace the bobbin to guide a loop of thread on to the bobbin.` Y y 6.' An'y apparatus of the Vcharacter described comprising a handle, a bobbin holder on one end vof said handle, a bobbin freely disposed. infsaidk holderrand movable means carried bythe Vhandle and disposed lat the junction ofthe vbobbin holder with the 'handle for guiding a vloop or' thread on to the adjacent end of thebobbin.

Anfapparatus of the character describedfcomprising Va handle member, a bob-V bin holder on' one end of said handle, said handle having a slot, a bobbin freely disposed'in said holder and movable loop'form- .ing and 'guide,meansmountedfon said hane dle and disposed at the. gunction `of ,the 1'05 andguide'member pivoted to said bobbin-H holder' abovethef bobbin, one j end Vof said member being heavier than the other, said end -beingadapted toy receive af supply of threa'd,iand movable' into engagementV with the `bobbinover one .end of said bobbin, and disengaged through kthe medium of the weight of( he heavier' end rfrom said end of the bobbin'. 9. .An apparatus of the character described lcomprising a handle, abobbin holder formed-len'gon'efend portion o'f'said handle, a' lugprojecting from thev endi'of the bobbin holder, a bobbin/disposed insaid bobbinpholder land-supported' the lug, a

threadloop forming guide member pivoted to one side of its center to the handle portion in angular relation to the bobbin, said loop forming guide member being movable to guide a supply of looped thread on to the bobbin.

10. An apparatus of the character described comprising a handle portion, a bobbin holder on one'end portion of the handle portion, ears projecting from the handle portion between said handle portion and the holder, a second handle portion connected to the other end of the irst mentioned handle portion and having itsA end extending through the ears, a thread loop forming and guide member pivoted on the "ends of the second mentioned handle portion between said ears, and a bobbin disposed in said holder, said loop forming and guide member being manually movable through the medium of a supply of thread into engagement with the bobbin and movable to its normal position by gravity.

ll. An apparatus of the character described comprising a single length of material bent upon itself with its end portions substantially in parallel relation to each other, oppositely extending wings projecting over one of the said end portions, said wings being bent upon said end portion toward and terminating in spaced relation to each other to provide a bobbin holder, a lug projecting from said end adjacent the bobbin holder, ears projecting in right angular relation to said handle and in spaced relation to each other, a semi-cylindrical thread loop forming and guide member including ears adjacent one end portion, the ears of said member being pivoted to the first mentioned ears, and a bobbin disposed in the holder, said bobbin being supported by the lug.

12. As an article of manufacture, an apparatus of the character described comprising a bobbin holder adapted to loosely embrace and support a bobbin therein, a portion of the walls of the holder adjacent one end being extended beyond and away from the holder to form a guide wall, whereby a loop of thread may be passed on to the bobbin within the holder and drawn from beneath the bobbin beyond the same.

13. As an article of manufacture, an apparatus of the character described comprising a bobbin holder adapted to loosely embrace and support a bobbin therein, a p0rtion of the walls of the holder adjacent one end being extended beyond and away 'from the holder to form a guide wall, and a loop forming guide member carried by said holder adjacent said guide Wall.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aix my signature.

GEORGE E. FRAZIER. 

